What is a Protestant?

[Garee]

The classic argument is simply someone who isn't a Roman Catholic.
Protestants don't believe in a Pope as the head of the church.
Protestants don't believe in a sinless perpetual virgin Mary.
Protestants don't believe Mary is a prayer intercessory or mediator.
Protestants don't believe in purgatory.
Protestants don't believe in indulgences.

Protestants maintain the bible alone is the written authroity of God. The one source of Christian faith or power to believe .

Roman Catholics follow their own law book oral traditions of dying mankind (CCC) Passed on from generation to generation .That they call apostolical succession. Which become false apostles false prophets that bring what they call Sacred Tradition of dying mankind .

They teach that both "I heard it through the father grape vine as a sacred tradition of dying mankind" and "all things writen in the law and prophets (sola scriptura) was the same source of faith.

Mentioning what they call sacred traditons first and the living word of God Sacred scripture that which follows

CCC 80 "Sacred Tradition and Sacred Scripture, then, are bound closely together, and communicate one with the other. For both of them, flowing out from the same divine well-spring, come together in some fashion to form one thing, and move towards the same goal."

When they tried to prove Paul was a false apostle that brings what some call sacred tradition .They shot themselves in the foot .

Believers miraculously can worship the one God of the fathers .Not a legion of fathers or patron saints as if our one Holy Father

Acts24:13-14;Neither can they prove the things whereof they now accuse me.;But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:

In that way no man can serve two written teaching masters as one Lord Love one hate the other, hate one love the other .

 

[B-A-C]

Until I can dig deeper, I will amend my views to the extent that the Electors themselves formally used the term when presenting a "Letter of Protestation" to Ferdinand (brother of emperor Charles V) at the Diet of Speyer in 1529. While the Electors DID use the term in a formal letter, without a word for word recording of the procedures it would be difficult to know who first uttered the word. And though submitting a "Letter of Protestation," it's unlikely that the authors started to run around calling themselves Protestants.

I agree they didn't originally call themselves Protestants. It was a derogatory term used by Roman Catholics for dissidents.
We can play the game of my source is better than your source if you want, but this is really a straw man argument to me.
It doesn't really matter what the word meant 500 years ago. Some words change meaning, so I will concede that to you.

The word "gay" used to mean happy and carefree, but now it means... well you know what it means.
Whatever the word "Protestant may have meant 500 years ago doesn't matter. The question is what does it mean today?

It means those Christians who are not part of the Roman Catholic church because they disagree with some of the doctrines. There is simply no disputing this.

Definition of PROTESTANT

any of a group of German princes and cities presenting a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict of the Diet of Speyer in 1529 intended to suppress the Lutheran movement… See the full definition

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protestant​

1 of 2

noun​

prot·es·tant ˈprä-tə-stənt
sense 2 is also
prə-ˈte-

1
Protestant
a
: any of a group of German princes and cities presenting a defense of freedom of conscience against an edict of the Diet of Speyer in 1529 intended to suppress the Lutheran movement
b
: a member of any of several church denominations denying the universal authority of the Pope and affirming the Reformation principles of justification by faith alone, the priesthood of all believers, and the primacy of the Bible as the only source of revealed truth
broadly : a Christian not of a Catholic or Eastern church

2
: one who makes or enters a protest

Protestantism | Definition, Beliefs, History, & Facts | Britannica

Protestantism, movement that began in northern Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. Along with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism became one of three major forces in Christianity. Learn more about Protestantism in...

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Protestantism, Christian religious movement that began in northern Europe in the early 16th century as a reaction to medieval Roman Catholic doctrines and practices. Along with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Protestantism became one of three major forces in Christianity. After a series of European religious wars in the 16th and 17th centuries, and especially in the 19th century, it spread throughout the world. Wherever Protestantism gained a foothold, it influenced the social, economic, political, and cultural life of the area.

What Is the Definition of Protestantism?

Protestantism is one of three major branches of Christianity tracing back to the early 16th century Reformation. Today, there are 800 million adherents.

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Protestantism is one of the major branches of Christianity today stemming from the movement known as the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation began in Europe in the early 16th century by Christians who opposed many of the unbiblical beliefs, practices, and abuses taking place within the Roman Catholic Church.

 

[Rhema]

Some words change meaning, so I will concede that to you.

I think I said that...

Later, as time morphs all definitions,

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There is simply no disputing this.

Who did? Certainly not me.

Later, as time morphs all definitions, the term was applied by Catholics to those who adopted Reformation doctrines.

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so I will concede that to you.

Well, glad we got that cleared up.

Rhema